Kax Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico)

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Kax Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Federal Offshore, Mexico.

Along with Och Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico) and Uech Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Kax is a part of the Litoral de Tabasco; Och-Uech-Kax complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kax Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Kax	Operating	PEMEX	–	1993	–	1995

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kax Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
condensate	2P reserves	0.11	million bbl	2020
gas	2P reserves	684.46	million m³	2020
oil	2P reserves	10.94	million bbl	2020

Table 3: Production from Kax Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	associated gas	5750.79	million m³	2020
cumulative production	condensate	0	million bbl	2020
cumulative production	nonassociated gas	0	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	105.28	million bbl	2020
production	associated gas	177.65	million m³/y	2020
production	condensate	0	million bbl/y	2020
production	nonassociated gas	0	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	2.92	million bbl/y	2020
production	associated gas	46.74	million m³/y	2022
production	crude oil	1.06	million bbl/y	2022

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Kax Oil and Gas Field

Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cuencas del Sureste	Federal Offshore, Mexico	19.1302, -92.4805 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Litoral de Tabasco; Och-Uech-Kax complex:

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